"I think anyone who is arguing that this is a mandate to tear up the forests agreement is deluding themselves," Mr Edwards said.

He says there will be ramifications if the deal is wound back.

"They include the requirement that markets are placing on Tasmanian forest companies to achieve Forest Stewardship Council certification.

"The best way to do that is through an agreement of the type we have negotiated."

Candidates from both major parties are blaming the state Labor-Green minority for the loss of three Labor seats.

The Liberal's Eric Hutchinson, who took the safe Labor seat of Lyons from stalwart Dick Adams, says the election was the first time Tasmanians had a say on the state government's policy to halve the forest industry.

"The people of Lyons have said no to half a million hectares of forest from being locked up."

Mr Adams says it is not going to be easy to wind back the peace deal.

"There'll have to be a few reality checks in that sort of policy thinking."

Tasmanian Greens leader Nick McKim agrees with Mr Edwards view that the election has not delivered a mandate to tear up deal.

"What we've got from the Liberals is a pitch to plunge Tasmania back into conflict and division and division, to go back to an unsustainable business model that will mean more money sucked out of schools and hospitals and used to prop up the timber industry," he said.

"And amazingly, effectively a threat to log in a World Heritage Area and we will fight those things all the way."

The State Opposition Leader Will Hodgman is pushing on despite Mr Edwards' plea.

"I don't subscribe to the view that no-one supports our position."

He is yet to detail how the deal would be repealed.

Questions over timing of pledge

But it appears the incoming Federal Government will have to wait until after the Tasmanian state election before coming good on the promise.

Senior Liberal, Senator Eric Abetz has declared the new government will do all in its power to "unpick" the agreement.

But he is not saying what new Government could do to repeal the policy to halve the forest industry and protect a further half a million hectares of forest from logging.

Neither could incoming Bass MHR Andrew Nikolic, who indicated the Coalition's plan hinges on Mr Hodgman winning the state election, due in March.

"I hope that there's going to be a welcome outbreak of political common sense in Hobart next March and what you'll see if that occurs is a Hodgman-led government in Hobart, an Abbott-led Government in Canberra acting in the best interests of Tasmania and that includes a revitalised, sustainable forestry industry," he said.

Tasmanian Greens Senator Peter Whish-Wilson has attacked the Coalition for attributing the election result to anger over the forest peace deal.

Senator Whish-Wilson is confident of retaining his seat despite an 8 per cent swing against the Greens in Tasmania.

He agrees it is wrong for the Coalition to suggest it has a mandate to remove World Heritage protection over parts of Tasmania tied to the forest peace deal.

"It just shows how shallow the talent pool is in the Liberal Party," he said.

"They have no ideas, they have no new visions. In fact it's so shallow this talent pool, if you jumped in it your arse would bounce off the ground."